Victorian Life Compared To Today
ESL Lesson PlansVictorian Life Compared To Today

Victorian Life Compared To Today

Explore daily life in Victorian Britain and compare it with modern life in this engaging B1 ESL lesson. Students practise comparatives and superlatives through reading, discussion, and personalised speaking tasks while learning about Victorian homes, transport, work, entertainment, and communication.

Skills

  • To compare Victorian life and modern life using comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
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1

Read the instruction and do the task.

Think about your daily routine — waking up, getting to school or work, spending your free time. Imagine doing all of this without electricity, hot water, or the internet. Tell your partner about one thing from your daily life that you could not live without and explain why. Then listen to your partner and decide together whose life would change more without modern technology.

2

Before reading, match the words and phrases to their definitions.

3

Read the text. Which differences between Victorian life and modern life surprised you most?

4

Read the text again and choose the correct options.

5

Find the examples of comparing inside the text. What do you know about comparative and superlative adjectives? Study the rules below.

6

Decide which answer best fits each space.

7

Complete the sentences about your life.

8

Discuss these questions in pairs. Try to use the comparatives and superlatives in your answers.